Is XML the solution to all of our problems regarding content standards?
No. XML is a powerful toolkit for metadata standards. But, if you don’t choose the right metadata, XML is useless. XML can only work when there is a common approach to metadata. In your work, you emphasize the importance of metadata for information architecture. In your experience, why do some people still not recognize that importance of a proper plan for metadata? What advice would you give to designers that must convince stakeholders that metadata is essential? If your content isn’t read, what good is it? Before content can be read, it has to be found. Quality metadata increases the chance that your content will be found by the person who needs to find it. Metadata delivers essential information such as: who, what, when. Who wrote it? What is it about (the summary)? What subject is it under (the classification)? When was it published? Information overload is one of the most critical problems that we all face everyday. How is your content going to be found and read? Well, having qual
